GEORGE O'GRADY, the PGA European Tour's chief executive, is set to take up Killarney Golf Fishing Club's offer to again play host to the Irish Open next July 28th-31st, writes Philip Reid.

Although no title sponsor has yet been found to replace 3, who withdrew a fortnight ago, the tournament was included on the 2011 schedule released yesterday.

O’Grady said: “Killarney have been kind enough to give me an option to take the tournament there, which would be my choice. Within the next week or two I will probably confirm that with Killarney, so that whoever comes in will be selling an Irish Open at Killarney, not wherever a new sponsor wants to go.

“The event at Killarney, in my opinion, was outstandingly successful and I’d like to recreate that for another year, albeit at reduced prize money, unless we get a commercial sponsor.”